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- Title: 2D Modelling of Icelandic Snow Avalanches for Hazard Zoning
- Date: 2009
- Authors: EirÃkur GÃslason
- Description: The methodology for snow avalanche hazard zoning in Iceland is based on a statistical run-out analysis of a data-set of historical avalanches. The met...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0529-0532.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche modelling, two-dimensional run-out index, hazard zoning
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- Title: The Permasense Remote Monitoring Infrastructure
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Jan Beutel, Stephan Gruber, Stefanie Gubler, Andreas Hasler, Matthias Keller, Roman Lim, Igor Talzi, Lothar Thiele, Christian Tschudin, Mustafa Yücel
- Description: The PermaSense project, a joint computer science and geoscience project, investigates the influence of climate change on permafrost and specifically t...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0187-0191.pdf
- Keywords: permafrost, remote sensing, wireless sensors, natural hazard early warning
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- Title: Use of the Models Safran-Crocus-Mepra in Operational Avalanche Forecasting
- Date: 2009
- Authors: C. Coléou, G. Giraud, Y. Danielou, J.L. Dumas, C. Gendre, E. Pougatch
- Description: Avalanche forecast is based on the observation of weather conditions and follow-up
snow cover. The workstation “Poste_Nivologieâ€, operati...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0341-0345.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecast, modelling, avalanche hazard
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- Title: Integration of the Snowdrift Modeling into the French Operational Chain for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Gilbert Guyomarc’h, Yves Durand, Gérald Giraud
- Description: Over the last years, the Snow Study Centre of Météo-France (CEN) has developed several versions of a model called Sytron for the assessment of t...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0356-0360.pdf
- Keywords: blowing snow modeling, operational avalanche forecasting
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- Title: First Experiences in Applying the Swiss ‘Guideline to Account for Avalanche Hazard of Ropeways in Ski Areas’
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Mark Schaer, Stefan Margreth
- Description: Ropeways in ski areas are often exposed to avalanches. The new ropeway guideline fixes principles and procedures how to account for avalanche and snow...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0413-0417.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche protection, avalanche defence, snow pressure, ropeway
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- Title: Identification of Areas Potentially Affected by Extreme Snow Avalanche Combining Expert Rules, Flow-Routing Algorithms and Statistical Analysis
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Matteo Pagliardi, Massimiliano Barbolini, Paolo Corradeghini, Francesco Ferro
- Description: An innovative methodology to perform avalanche hazard mapping that combines open
source GIS tools, expert rules, computational routines, and statisti...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0468-0471.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanche, hazard mapping, grass geographic information systems (gis), flow-routing algorithm, run-out angle
- View additional details about Identification of Areas Potentially Affected by Extreme Snow Avalanche Combining Expert Rules, Flow-Routing Algorithms and Statistical Analysis
- Title: Definition of Hazard Zones for Dense Snow Avalanches
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Paolo Scotton, Francesca Moro, Stefano De Toni, Daniele Dalla Valle, Irene Vigni
- Description: The paper describes a procedure for the determination of snow avalanches Hazard Map developed after the observation, over some years, of the behaviour...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0488-0491.pdf
- Keywords: dense snow avalanche, granular rheology, hazard zoning
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- Title: The Current State of Avalanche Risk Analysis and Hazard Mapping in Uzbekistan
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Eleonora Semakova, Sergey Myagkov, Richard L. Armstrong
- Description: This paper includes new results of avalanche mapping in Uzbekistan. The avalanche
caused damage distribution in Uzbekistan is presented. The descript...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0509-0513.pdf
- Keywords: potential danger territories, avalanche risk, avalanche hazard mapping
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- Title: Web-Based Tool to Support Local Avalanche Services With Hazard Evaluation and Documentation
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Sibylle Moehle, Lukas Stoffel
- Description: Local avalanche services have to gain a quick overview of avalanche danger and snow condition. For this purpose, they have access to data retrieved by...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0554-0558.pdf
- Keywords: local avalanche service, avalanche protection, avalanche danger evaluation, hazard estimation, documentation
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- Title: Avalanche Hazard and Visitor Numbers- A Study in Lochaber, Scotland
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Grahma Moss
- Description: Avalanche hazard in Scotland is characterized by rapidly changing weather, rugged topography and a snowpack shaped above all by wind. Avalanche foreca...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0628-0632.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecast, decision making process, scotland, mountain visitor numbers
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- Title: A Case Study in Avalanche Risk Tolerance in Two Transmission Lines: 1) Colorado, USA and 2) Eastern Iceland
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: Art Mears, P.E., Chris Wilbur P.E.
- Description: Avalanche risk tolerance in two transmission lines is compared in this paper. A 115kV line in southwestern Colorado supplies electrical power to the T...
- Object ID: P__8034.pdf
- Keywords: avalanches, transmission lines, risk tolerance
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- Title: Avalanche Hazard Investigations, Zoning, and Ordinances, Utah, Part 2
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: David A. Scroggin, Jack Johnson Company
- Description: The Wasatch Mountains of Utah are known as home to the 2002 Winter Olympics as well as having an abundance of avalanche history and avalanche hazard t...
- Object ID: P__8232.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche zoning, ordinance, governmental approvals, utah
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- Title: Avalanche Hazard, Danger and Risk - A Practical Explanation
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: Grant Statham
- Description: A complete understanding of the fundamental concepts of avalanche hazard, danger and risk should become basic requirements for anyone undertaking aval...
- Object ID: P__8153.pdf
- Keywords: risk, hazard, danger, probability, consequence, exposure
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- Title: Can Field Observations be Combined Systematically With the Regional Danger Rating to Estimate the Local Avalanche Danger?
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Pascal Haegeli
- Description: Snow avalanche danger can vary considerably within the large forecast regions in western Canada. Experienced recreationists routinely use the regional...
- Object ID: P__8171.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack tests, field observations, classification trees, avalanche danger, scale issues
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- Title: Trauma as a Cause of Death in Western Canadian Avalanches: A 21 Year Review
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: Jeff Boyd, Pascal Haegeli , Riyad B. Abu-laban, Michael Shuster, John Butt
- Description: Purpose: To determine if trauma is a significant cause and contributor to death in Western Canadian avalanches and whether this varie...
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